You've got a good run of effects to present invidually or as a longer set. Suitable for performing with, lectures, key note talks, side show attraction. It's a good start for a Houdini collection with room in the box to store more. Add in the famous friends of Sir Conan Doyle, performances to royalty, professional rivalries and you have no end of material for a story telling magician.Ĭoming with me to Doomsday. Houdini offers so many opportunities for routines with his card work, large illusions, escapology and seance work. ![]() The documents are satisfying to just look through and talk through even without performing. I've said before how much I enjoyed making my own personal set as my daughter is a Houdini nut, but I do love assembling these. The book the secrets of Houdini is a 1930s edition with lots of extra information for further expansion of the box. Completely impractical now as it was made for the period where seances were performed in pitch black but it was a little historical novelty I fancied including. The little box is a recreation of a method Houdini wrote about for seances. This box has a chain escape, a 7 keys type effect, handcuff card deck and my own disappearing elephant card trick. A large box containing a variety of documents to tell the incredible tale of his life through photos, patents, army registration, posters newspaper clippings and tricks. ![]() ![]() Each will vary a little bit in what is included as some parts I've made and some parts are things I've collected together. I've got the parts assembled for a few of these.
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